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MOLD. APPLIOAMOHHLED Norse. 1906.

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.4o moldY for melting the body portion of the errno srlirns riirnnrorribili.

Jltliillfl llltANClfl HlLL AND CllARLES MANAl-IAN PlCliHAlrl, OFNURWVALK,

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No. 2id. S ecication of Letters Patent. Patented May 51, 190'?.

Application tiled November 2G, 1906. Serial No. 345,137.

To owl/Z whom t may concern: and Fig. Vl() is a sectional detailillustrating 55 Be it known that We, deems-FRANCIS HILL the manner ofvarying' the sizes of the coyer and Generics MANAHAN PECKHAM, citizensnioldingportionof the structure. of he United States, residing,r atNorwalk, in The portion of the improved device emthe county of Huron andStste of (Ehio, lhave ployed in constructing the bod of the vultinvented certain new and useful im roveconsists of aninner'shellconforming e 'te 6o ments in `ltlolds 5 and 'We do declare t iefolriorly to the inner face of the body, an outer lowing; to be full,clear, and exact description shell spaced from the inner shell, andconofy the invention, such as will enable others forming interiorly tothe outer face of the 10 skilled in the art to Which it appertains tobody, and between. which shells the plastic make and use the same-7.material is inserted, the outer shell being ad- 65 This inventionrelates to improvements inl just'able, or adapted to be enlargedslightly, molds for manufacturing burial vaults and to provide asphcefor the insertion of a coatlilre struc turcs'from concrete or otherplastic ing material after the body portion has been [5 materiel, andhas for its object to provide a embedded and allowed to set for acertain simple apparatusof this character Whichmay v pre-deterininedperiod. The shells are also 7o .be adjusted to vaults or other`structures of .made adjustable to adapt them toI bodies of varioussizes. i dilferent sizes, and the covershell is provided lil/Tith thoseand other objects in vieW,`the with a plurality of "hilf-ar members, tocor- 20 inventionconsists ofcertain novelfeatures of respond to theadjustments of the shells,

" construction, as hereafter shown yand dewhen bodies of different sizesare to be manu 75 scribed and specifically pointed out in they factured.The outer shell is provided with Claims: g a plurality oi strengtheningbars arranged ln the drawings forming a part of this transversely ofeach other, and the inner specification and in which corresponding shellis likewise provided With a plurality of parts are denoted by likedesignating characw similarstrengthening bars. 8o

ters, is illustrated any preferred form of the The shells areconstructedfrorn sheet metal embodiment of the invention capable ofcaror other suitable material, or plate metal of frying the saine intopractical operation. suitable strength, and the strengthening bars 3oThe improved device may bc employed-for are preferably of T inetal or Lmetal,

mol/lin articles or structures "of various as may be preferred. Theout-er shell is repliinds such as burial vaults, bath tubs, launresented as a Whole at 10, its' interior con dry tubs, sinks, and thelike, but is more parforining to the exterior fare of the body to beticuiarly designed for manufacturing.burial molded, and the inner shellis represented as vaults and like structures, and for the purm a wholeat ll with its outer face conforming pose of illustration, an apparatusfor conto the inner face oi surface of the body to Abe 9o structing aburial vault shown in the draw? molded. The outerv shell is providedwith' inns, in which strengthening `bers 12, any required number ihurel. is a longitudinal section of thek being employed, the bars beingpreferably .constructed from UT. metal, and bearing vault; 2 is asection onthe line 2 2 or" upon the interior face oi the inner shell are95 Fig. l Fig. Sis a section on the line'Sf-'S of like barslS. The bars12 and 13 are riveted Y Fig. 1. Fig. 4 represents perspective views `orotherwise secured to theirrespective shells. of 4the corner members-gFig.. 5 is a sectionaly The outer shell is oblong in shape, as shown,

45 detailjcnlargcd, illustrating the` lnannerf' the side membersbeing'designated specificapplying the liftinghandles to the body of allyby the characters 14:15 and the end 10o the structure;l Fig. is alongitudinal secmembers by the characters 16-1 72 f tion, and Fig). 7 isaitransverse section of the At their free ends, the :ide members 14-covfcr molding portion of the device; Fin. 8 15 are providedrespectively with rabbeted 5o isasec )nal detailillustrating; the mannerof cleats 1S-1 9-26-21, with interior sl1oulattaching the liftingmembers of the cover ders, and fitting between these shoulder 'pcr- 105structure 'ci the device; Fig. 9 reresents tionsare corner plates 22 23Ze-25,'the perspective views of the auxiliary p etes as* corner platescurved interior-ly to correspond societed with the inner'shell of thedevice; lto thc curved jui'ictures of the. parts 1i., 15,.

16 land 17. The ends 16-,17 of the outer shell are provided withrabbeted cleats 26- 27, 28-2.) with interior shoulders for engaging'tlieinner edges of the eorner niei'nbers, and thus completing the outershell strueture. The body members of the shell being of sheet metal andthe the corner members beingof east metal, are necessarily thicker thanthe sheet metal body of the shelbbut the shoulders w'tl iin the rabbetedmei riberas cause the inner laces of the corner members to rorrespondwith the inner fares ol' the sheet metal shell members, as shown, With`a structure thus arranged, the shells may be widened or lengthened toany required extent by simply substituting eornei' members of differentsizes, as will be obvious.

The side portions 1st-15 and end portions 1(3*417 will correspond inlength to the smallest vault required, and by providing a. pluralit)T ofthe eorner members, corresponding to the dillerent. of vault required,any size 'may thus be construe-ted, as will be obvious.

The eorner members and the rabbeted rleats are bolted as at 30 to thebody of the shell and to eaeh other, so that they ean uisily be detachedwhen required.

The holes Ylor the bolts 2?() are slotted longritudinally ot the vaultstrueture, so that the size ol" the outer shell may he increased.

slightly to provide for introdueinff a Coating material for thecompletion ol the body ot the vault.

The innershell is termed substantially in the same manner as the outershell, with spared sides 3 2-33 and spaced ends 234-35. 'l`he ends andsides ol the inner shell are provided with rabbeted eleatslti? S8-39m4Ull-eslZ-wfl similar to the eleats of the outer shell exeept that theyare disposed in reverse position, and bearingat one edge againsttheshonldered eleatsare eorner members lil-Anl ld-47, the latter beingsimilar to' the roi-nei' members ol the outer shell;

The corner members will be furnished in sels eorresponilingr to thesizes of the vaults to be eonstriu'ted, to enable the operator to adapt".the mold Ylor any required size ol Vault, as will be obvious.

The side members Si *'33 ot' the inner shell are eonneeted by a sheetmetal plate .(30, whieli l'orms the surface l'or supportiiir thematerial which l'orms the bottom o? the vault when (he latter is molded,the member -tll beingstrengthened by suitable stays l(il,

ol' i oars or the like. 'lhe 'vault is molded upside down and the bottomthereof i troweled olll even with the edges ol' the outer mold,

rl`he body members lB--mlf-B and (3() ol' the inner shell with itsCleats will be eonstrueted l'or the smallest vault required,

and the ,grap otherwise lei'lv between the end ol' the plate (3() andthe elosures 31%35 will be hlled by removable lIdler sheets or platesrepessere resented at 62 when largervaults are required and a pluralityot` these sheets will 1be l`ury nislied Conforming to the sizes of thecorner members. l

The shells will be disposed upon a suitable base represented at 63, andthe portion of the outer shell bearing upon the base will be enlargedlaterally, to provide a laterally extendingr rim to the structure to bemolded, plates B2-33 S4 and 35 riveted thereon near their edges, stripsof metal as 64 and the `Corner irons have east thereon strips or ribssimilar to the ribs (54, which form a'ehannel in the rim of the .moldedstructure, to receive the lower edge of the cover member of ,thestructure, as hereafter explained. After the two shells are disposed inposition and the movable end closures adjusted as required, the twoshells are connected at suitable intervals by tie bolts 65, to preventthe separation oi' the shells by the pressure ofthe material which'forms the molded structure, these bolts to be removed alter the moldingToperation is completed, and the holes left thereby iilled with theplastic material, after the shells are removed. After the shells aredisposed in position., the material is poured into the spare between theshells and flush with the upper edges of the outer shell, and theexposed surfnee which forms the bottom of the molded strueturesmoothedoltby trowelinigH or by other suitable means..

After the 'material has partially set," or

-beeome sullieientlv hard to prevent i t from l f flowing, the tieboltsl o5 are removed, and the shells allowed to remain until thematerial is set sutlieiently to permit the removal ol the shells.

rial of which the structure is emnposed, and troweled smooth,` and otherirregularities of the structure eorreeted in the same manner.

Suitable handles represented at (36 may be attached to the moldedstructure at suitable points, as required, the inner tastenings ol thehandles being covered by the plastic niaterial as represented at (57,after the shells are removed.

The mold 5() for the Cover of the body portion of the` molded structureis represente-:l in Figs. (i, 7 and S, and comprises an oulershell 51curved transversely and with semi-,eireuL hir ends. and preferablyeonstrurted from i: single sheet of sheet steel pressed into therequired shape, and eonl'ormingr interiorlv with IOO the outer surl'aeeo1" the molded eoyer strue- 6. A, device fue el@ deecibedemprismem'iei', cleats pevide with varying shoulders sind 'eeimeceea ethe ende ei' seiiiuier Shell end and side menibers, and provided withtransverse siete, clamped and extending through seid siete sind theadjeeent peltions bem, :1- piui'elty ei ef end side mem sets of pairsecoinei members of varying emes adapted te ne engaged 'with thesnellidared cleats of the inner shell one pair at a time, an outer sheiiformed ef side and end members, cleats having varying 'shoulders 2o andeoniiected Le seid outer Shei members et their e11ds, end e plurality ofsets of pairs of cerner membee of 17a-Tying sizes adapted t0 engage theshuddered cleats of the ou per.

I siieilone paiiae time. 275 :ieg en meer Shel formed @i end and side 2In testimony whereof We have heleiilfi/O set our hemd in presence of twosubscribing* Witnesses.

.MEMS FRANCIS HILL.

CHAS. E. NORTHEIM, WILLIAM A. HARDT.

